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Libya NTC head Jalil pledges to uphold Islamic law
Reuters 24 October 2011
BENGHAZI, Libya - Libya's National Transitional Council leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil kneeled in prayer after taking the stand in a celebration of liberation on Sunday after 42 years of 
Libya's new path heads toward Islamic law
Seattle Times Newspaper 24 October 2011
BENGHAZI, Libya — Less than a week after dictator Moammar Gadhafi was killed, the leader of Libya's transitional government declared to thousands of revelers in a crowded square Sunday that Libya's
Farewell to the Man of Many Spellings
Gates of Vienna 21 October 2011
If the early news reports are correct, Colonel Muammar Qaddafi (alias Moammar Ghedaffi, Muamar Khaddafi, plus more than 200 other combinatorial variants on his two names) has shuffled off this mortal coil. The "death photos” of Col. Kheddafi are too gruesome to post here, so I’ll just make do with an old photo of him from happier days.
Video: New vid of dead Gaddafi surface
Tundra Tabloids 21 October 2011
First is Gaddafi still alive and in the back of a pickup
Bossi wants migrants sent back after Gaddafi's death
ANSA.it 21 October 2011
Rome - Umberto Bossi, the leader of Italy's regionalist Northern League party, said undocumented migrants from Libya living in Italy should be sent back after former dictator Muammar
Dutch minister wants troops back from Libya
Expatica 21 October 2011
Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal hopes to bring home the Dutch forces deployed in the NATO mission to Libya as soon as possible. He was speaking to the BNR radio station in response to the news of
Germany hopes for new era of peace, democracy in Libya
Expatica 21 October 2011
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday the death of Libya's former strongman Moamer Kadhafi cleared the way for a new, peaceful, political start, urging the country to move swiftly towards
"The Wait Is Over, Qaddafi is Dead,” Libya’s PM
International Business Times 21 October 2011
The longstanding wait is over, said Libya’s prime minister confirming the death of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Thursday in Sirte. "We have been waiting for this moment for a long time.
Belgium exported arms to repressive Arab regimes
Expatica 20 October 2011
Research undertaken by the human rights organisation Amnesty International (AI) reveals that the US, Russia and several European states including Belgium have sold an awful lot of arms to regimes in
Displaced black Libyans tell of beatings, expulsion at gunpoint
Arab News 20 October 2011
By BRIAN ROHAN
BENGHAZI: After weeks on the run, thousands of black Libyans driven from their homes during the revolt against Muammar Qaddafi have resurfaced across the country, finding refuge in a squalid camp
Australian Islamic leader killed in Libya
The Sydney Morning Herald 19 October 2011
A Sydney Islamic leader who died after joining the fight against Muammar Gaddafi will be remembered as a hero of liberation, a community spokesman says. Keysar Trad says he has spoken to the
Fears Sydney Muslim leader killed supporting rebel uprising in Libya
The Australian 19 October 2011
By Ben Packham
A SYDNEY Muslim leader is feared dead in Libya. Australian relatives of Sheikh Naser Zuway, the president of the Australian Union of Africa and Arab Associations, has reportedly been killed while
U.K.'s Hague in Libya Says Qaddafi Must Be Captured
Fox News 18 October 2011
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Britain's foreign secretary called Monday on African countries to turn over wanted senior members of Muammar Qaddafi's regime found on their territory, saying it was very important
Video: Gaddafi stronghold Bani Walid falls
The Guardian 18 October 2011
By Martin Chulov
NTC commander claims troops have raised the flag of Libya's new government after a six-week siege Link to this video One of the two last strongholds of Gaddafi loyalists, the town of Bani Walid, has finally been contained, Libya's interim government has claimed, leaving only parts of the ousted tyrant's birthplace out of rebel reach.
My Walk Through the Valley of Death
Newsweek 17 October 2011
When I first arrive in Tripoli, long past midnight on a hot September night, driving in from the Tunisian border, the smell of burning rubber permeates everything. Near Fashloom, the first
"There Is No Place for the Jew in Libya
Hudson New York 17 October 2011
By Shiraz Maher
The massacre of Christians in Egypt last weekend raises uneasy questions about the future of the Arab Spring and the direction in which it may now be heading. Sunday's protests were launched in
Pro-Gaddafi forces launch counter-attack in Sirte
FRANCE 24 17 October 2011
National Transitional Council fighters on Saturday were forced to retreat from positions they had seized on Friday under a barrage of rockets and shells launched by forces loyal to the ousted
The Trouble With Muslim Democracy
FrontPage Magazine 14 October 2011
By Daniel Greenfield
The ultimate symbol of Muslim Democracy may not end up being the purple fingers of the Iraqi ballots but the smoke from burning churches and dead Coptic Christians in Egypt. While Iraq was tenuously balanced between Shiites and Sunnis, Arabs and Kurds, there is no such balance
British forces will continue mission in Libya says Hague
Independent 14 October 2011
By David Hughes and Elizabeth Barrett
British forces will continue operations in Libya for as long as necessary as "intense" fighting continued in the last strongholds of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's regime, William Hague told MPs. In a
Al-Qaida Leader Urges Algerian Overthrow; Calls for an Islamic Libya
Voice of Africa 13 October 2011
Al-Qaida's leader has called for Algerians to follow the example of others in the Middle East and overthrow their government, and urged Libyans to establish an Islamic state. In a video message
